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BACKGROUND East Bay Community Energy The City of Pleasanton is a member of EBCE, which is a Joint Powers Authority. EBCE is a public agency that provides electricity to its member agencies and the communities they serve. In addition to Pleasanton, EBCE serves the County of Alameda, and cities of Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro, Tracy, and Union City. EBCE's Board of Directors is made up of an elected official from each of the participating jurisdictions. EBCE reinvests its earnings back into the community to create local green energy jobs, local programs, and clean power projects. Electric Vehicles Transportation accounts for 64 percent of Pleasanton's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Further, statewide transportation accounts for more than 80 percent of smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution, and 95 percent of toxic diesel particulate matter emissions. The full transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) is a critical step toward carbon neutrality. The State is taking several steps to help California transition to carbon neutral transportation, which will also improve public health and air quality. On September 23, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, setting the following targets for ZEVs: • By 2035, 100 percent ZEV sales for new passenger vehicles, 100 percent ZEV operations for drayage trucks, and 100 percent ZEV operations for off-road vehicles and equipment where feasible • By 2045, 100 percent ZEV operations for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles where feasible. For passenger vehicles, these regulations were affirmed through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Advanced Clean Cars II regulations. Currently in California, electric vehicles account for approximately 16.5 percent of all new vehicle sales'. To ensure sustained growth in the EV market and to meet the State's regulations, EBCE has modeled that by 2025 an additional approximately 750 Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC)2 ports are necessary in Alameda County to support new ZEV vehicle registrations3. Pleasanton's share of those additional countywide ports, based on projected ZEV registrations by 2025 is around 85 ports. Today, there are 26 DCFC ports in Pleasanton, leaving a gap of 59 DCFC ports needed by 2025. This gap is particularly critical for multi-family housing residents where EV charging infrastructure is largely unavailable. 1 https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-statistics/new- zev-sales 2 A single Direct Current Fast Charging(DCFC)has 1-2 ports and can charge at about 150 plus miles per hour. 3 EBCE utilized the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's EVI-Pro tool to model ZEV registration projections and the charging infrastructure installations needed to support those vehicles.ZEV modeling included fully electric and plug-in electric vehicles.Charging infrastructure modeling included residential Level 2,workplace Level 2, publicly accessible Level 2 and publicly accessible Direct Current Fast Chargers. Page 2 of 4